Lab Publications

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  • Akopyan M, Jacobs A, Rick JA, Wilder AP, Baumann ZA, Conover D, Baumann H, Therkildsen NO. Multiple chromosomal inversions modulate continuous local adaptation along a steep thermal cline. 2026. Science. 10.1126/science.ady6774
  • Ortiz-Pachar JD, Ramírez-González J, Moity N, Andrade-Vera S, Rivadeneira WD, Therkildsen NO. A chromosome-level genome assembly for the brown sea cucumber from the Galápagos Islands, Isostichopus fuscus. 2025. Scientific Data. 10.1038/s41597-025-06422-6
  • Zarri LJ, Franckowiak RP, Bogdanowicz SM, Kurata NP, Pacheco FS, Therkildsen NO, Flecker AS. Do tributary dams pose a greater conservation threat than main-stem dams for nonmigratory freshwater fishes?. 2025. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 10.1093/tafafs/vnaf031
  • Alves Monteiro HJ, Bekkevold D, Pacheco G, Mortensen S, Lou RN, Therkildsen NO, Tanguy A, Robert C, De Wit P, Meldrup D, Laugen AT, zu Ermgassen PSE, Strand Å, Saurel C, Hemmer‐Hansen J. Genome‐Wide Population Structure in a Marine Keystone Species, the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis). 2025. Molecular Ecology. 10.1111/mec.17573
  • Akopyan M, Tigano A, Jacobs A, Wilder AP, Therkildsen NO. Genetic Differentiation is Constrained to Chromosomal Inversions and Putative Centromeres in Locally Adapted Populations With Higher Gene Flow. 2025. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 10.1093/molbev/msaf092
  • Dimens PV, Franckowiak RP, Iqbal A, Grenier JK, Munn PR, Therkildsen NO. Harpy: a pipeline for processing haplotagging linked-read data. 2024. Bioinformatics Advances. 10.1093/bioadv/vbaf133
  • Akopyan M, Tigano A, Jacobs A, Wilder AP, Therkildsen NO. Genetic differentiation is constrained to chromosomal inversions and putative centromeres in locally adapted populations with higher gene flow. 2024. 10.1101/2024.10.20.619329
  • Jacobs A, Velotta JP, Tigano A, Wilder AP, Baumann H, Therkildsen NO. Temperature-dependent gene regulatory divergence underlies local adaptation with gene flow in the Atlantic silverside. 2024. Evolution. 10.1093/evolut/qpae049
  • Rodenbiker J, Therkildsen NO, Ruan E, Su K. Advancing One Health in Urban Seafood Markets: A Genetic and Social Analysis of Dried Sea Cucumber in Three New York City Chinatowns. 2024. Sustainability. 10.3390/su16093589
  • Lou RN, Therkildsen NO. Batch effects in population genomic studies with low‐coverage whole genome sequencing data: Causes, detection and mitigation. 2022. Molecular Ecology Resources. 10.1111/1755-0998.13559
  • Akopyan M, Tigano A, Jacobs A, Wilder AP, Baumann H, Therkildsen NO. Comparative linkage mapping uncovers recombination suppression across massive chromosomal inversions associated with local adaptation in Atlantic silversides. 2022. Molecular Ecology. 10.1111/mec.16472
  • Lou RN, Jacobs A, Wilder AP, Therkildsen NO. A beginner's guide to low‐coverage whole genome sequencing for population genomics. 2021. Molecular Ecology. 10.1111/mec.16077
  • Tigano A, Jacobs A, Wilder AP, Nand A, Zhan Y, Dekker J, Therkildsen NO. Chromosome-Level Assembly of the Atlantic Silverside Genome Reveals Extreme Levels of Sequence Diversity and Structural Genetic Variation. 2021. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10.1093/gbe/evab098
  • Locatelli NS, McIntyre PB, Therkildsen NO, Baetscher DS. GenBank’s reliability is uncertain for biodiversity researchers seeking species-level assignment for eDNA. 2020. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 10.1073/pnas.2007421117
  • Riginos C, Crandall ED, Liggins L, Gaither MR, Ewing RB, Meyer C, Andrews KR, Euclide PT, Titus BM, Therkildsen NO, Salces‐Castellano A, Stewart LC, Toonen RJ, Deck J. Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data and metadata for biodiversity research. 2020. Molecular Ecology Resources. 10.1111/1755-0998.13269
  • Tigano A, Jacobs A, Wilder AP, Nand A, Zhan Y, Dekker J, Therkildsen NO. Chromosome-level assembly of the Atlantic silverside genome reveals extreme levels of sequence diversity and structural genetic variation. 2020. 10.1101/2020.10.27.357293
  • Wilder AP, Palumbi SR, Conover DO, Therkildsen NO. Footprints of local adaptation span hundreds of linked genes in the Atlantic silverside genome. 2020. Evolution Letters. 10.1002/evl3.189
  • Marcy‐Quay B, Sethi SA, Therkildsen NO, Kraft CE. Expanding the feasibility of fish and wildlife assessments with close‐kin mark–recapture. 2020. Ecosphere. 10.1002/ecs2.3259
  • Lou RN, Therkildsen NO, Messer PW. The Effects of Quantitative Trait Architecture on Detection Power in Short-Term Artificial Selection Experiments. 2020. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 10.1534/g3.120.401287
  • Therkildsen NO, Wilder AP, Conover DO, Munch SB, Baumann H, Palumbi SR. Contrasting genomic shifts underlie parallel phenotypic evolution in response to fishing. 2019. Science. 10.1126/science.aaw7271
  • Jacobs A, Therkildsen NO. Excavating ghost footprints and tangled trees from modern genomes. 2019. Molecular Ecology. 10.1111/mec.15141
  • Lou RN, Therkildsen NO, Messer PW. The Effects of Quantitative Trait Architecture on Detection Power in Artificial Selection Experiments. 2019. 10.1101/672683
  • Fairweather R, Bradbury IR, Helyar SJ, de Bruyn M, Therkildsen NO, Bentzen P, Hemmer‐Hansen J, Carvalho GR. Range‐wide genomic data synthesis reveals transatlantic vicariance and secondary contact in Atlantic cod. 2018. Ecology and Evolution. 10.1002/ece3.4672